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Hershel Leigh “Turk” Gatlin

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Hershel Leigh “Turk” Gatlin

Birth
Louisiana, USA
Death
26 Nov 1994 (aged 76)
Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Colfax, Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Services for Hershel L "Turk' Gatlin will be at 10:00 a.m. today in the chapel of Hixon Bros. with the Revs. Angelo Messins and Darrell Ingram officiating. Burial will be at Colfax Cemetery.
Gatlin, 76, of Colfax died at 10:19 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, 1994, in Rapides General Hospital.
He was a native of Colfax, and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and American Legion Post No. 8. He was a cotton farmer and cattleman and past president and member of the 19th Louisiana Levee District.
He was a past state committe man for FHA and had served on the Grant Parish Local Board No. 24, Selective Service Committee, and Grant Parish ASCS Committee. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Survivors include his wife, Rita R Gatlin of Colfax, one son, Louis "Eddie" Gatlin of Colfax, one daughter, Sandra Hardy of Baton Rouge, and six grandchildren.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until time of services today in the funeral home.


Services for Hershel L "Turk' Gatlin will be at 10:00 a.m. today in the chapel of Hixon Bros. with the Revs. Angelo Messins and Darrell Ingram officiating. Burial will be at Colfax Cemetery.
Gatlin, 76, of Colfax died at 10:19 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, 1994, in Rapides General Hospital.
He was a native of Colfax, and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and American Legion Post No. 8. He was a cotton farmer and cattleman and past president and member of the 19th Louisiana Levee District.
He was a past state committe man for FHA and had served on the Grant Parish Local Board No. 24, Selective Service Committee, and Grant Parish ASCS Committee. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Survivors include his wife, Rita R Gatlin of Colfax, one son, Louis "Eddie" Gatlin of Colfax, one daughter, Sandra Hardy of Baton Rouge, and six grandchildren.
Friends may call from 8 a.m. until time of services today in the funeral home.




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